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Patented May,16,1882.

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TICKET OASE.

(No Model.)

No. 258,196-f` l l l I l I n l l l l l1.

N. PETERS Phmo-Lnhagnpmn washingm. ILCA UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lSAMUEL S. CROSS, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DANIEL E.CROSS, OF SAME PLACE.

TICKET-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,196, dated May 16,1882.

Application filed February 17, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL S. CRoss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beverly, in the cuntyof Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Cases; and Ido hereby declare that the same are fully described in thefollowingspeeiication and illustratcdin the accompanying drawings. l

This invention relates to improvements in portable ticket-cases forpocket use, and is adapted for holding temporarily in place railway,horse-car, or other `tickets of any kind or sizes, and in` such amannerthat they may be readily detached from the case, if required, tobe punched or delivered, and be as readily put back in the case, and forpreventing them from being creased or otherwise injured when insertedinto the case.

The invention is carried out as follows, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 represents a front elevationof my improved ticket-case. Fig. 2 representsa vertical section, andFig. 3 represents a cross-section.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts of the drawings.

The invention consists of the central dividing-partition and stiffener,a, made of pasteboard, leather-board, leather, or suitable material toimpart proper stiii'ness to the case. On the two opposite sides of thepartition et are arranged the covers b b, the latter being made ofcloth, leather, rubber, or similar materials, which are firmly attachedall around their outer edges to the continuous outer edge of thecentralpartition and stiftener, a,by means of the metal binder o, as shown inthe drawings. The said metal binder o overlaps the outer edges of thecentr-a1 partition, a, and covers b b, and serves two purposes-namely,

(No model.)

to make a` inished metal edge all round the case, as Well as to impartadditional strength 4 5 to the whole and to prevent it from being bentor broken. The covers b b are each provided with one or more slits, d d,through which the tickets e e are inserted, as shown in Figs. l and 2.The tickets e e, when put into the case, '5o are held between thecentral stitfener and divider, a, and one ofthe covers b b, as shown inFig. 2, a portion of the ticket projecting outside of each cover, sothat it may readily be removed when required to be punched or de1iv 55ered. The central piece, a, serves two purposes-namely, as a stiffenerto give strength to the case, and also to prevent the tickets on oneside of the case from coming in contact and rubbing against the ticketson the oppo- 6o site side of the case. The upper end ot' the case ispreferably made with a central cutaway portiomf, as shown in Fig. 1, soas to admit ot' an easy manipulation of theticket or tickets insertedthrough the uppermost slit in the cover or covers. This myinveution isvery neat, light, and durable, occupies but verylittle space, and isparticularly Well adapted for pocket use as a ticket-case to contain.railway or other tickets, which may be presented for inspection,punching, or delivery with great convenience.

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim, is-

The herein-described portable ticket-case, consisting of centralstiffener and divider, a., covers b b, having each one or more slits, dd, and united tothe partition a by the continuous metal binderc, allarranged and combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 8o

In testimony whereofI have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

` SAMUEL S. CROSS. Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDRN, J oEN H. Gnoss, Jr.

